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National Republican., 1887-11-11
CAPITAL DIRECTORY.
Office 1ll7 F Street Northwest.

III
Office 14l7 Street Northwest.
A complete and thorough canvass OF the
District OF Columbia Is now progressing aud
will include every resident, their occupation,
4 large circulation Of the Directory is already
assured through orders receIyed T,c from every de-
United States Capitol, and the business COM
As an advertising medium 1t will be unex.
THE BOOK WILL BE READY FOR DE-
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Special contracts made for marginal pages ad.
yertlsements.
Tho book will be neatly bound in n substau-
tial black cover, suitable for library, aud
will not be disngured by ndvertisementson the
back, sides, or margin. Send In your orders at
'n''' WILLIAM DICKSON, Publisher,
no9if 1ll7 + Street Northwest
,cr,zzs HEADQUARTERS FOR sHoNINGER
w. Upright Pianos, of New Haven: the best
Pianos
for sale, only 500, including stools and cloth
covers: on easy installments. THOMSON y Co.,
52l llth st. novS.2w
N>ySzo THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE COM
k-S pany, 1920 # street N. W., has yet for
sale O limited amount of preferred capital
stock, bearing per cent. dividend per annum
on the face value, payable esemi-annualy-ii
dividend payable July /, 1883 This stock is
worcestershire, and win be sold at 40 per cent.
OF par value. Sufficient telephones are already
under contract to pay dividend on twice the
amount OF preferred stock to be issued: All
net earnings of the company go to the dividend
fund. All construction work is paid from the
proceeds Of the stock sold. All earnings OF the
company overpaying the dividends on the
preferred stock go to the benefit of common
stock. Preferred certificates are payable in
gold at the expiration OF ton years at their face
value. The company has also a limited
amount of common stock yet for sale at 20 per
cent. OF the par value. This will be sold in
amounts from five shares upward. The pre-
fcrred certificates will be sold In amounts Of
$500 and multiples thereof, which, nt 40 per
trrent. of par value, requires a cash payment Of
| 300 per certificate. All persons desiring n
safe and profitable Investment are invited to
call and Investigate these securities.
AMERICAN TELEPHONE COMPANY.
| CHAS. A. MAXWELL, Secretary. nos lw
c>Hze ACCOUNTANT SCOTCH CHAR
~ tered opens, closes, or keeps by con.
tract, sets ofbooks. Observation-Disclosures
Intricate accounts balanced.
se2s-ws3m 1926 street.
ncSs- MOUNT VERNON AVENUE AssoCI.
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EXECUTIVE BOARD,


Washngton-Messrs L. w. Fox, JEFF Chan
der, Wm. E. Clarke, VIM. M. Gait, Henry A.
Aiexandria county-Messrs. Frank Hume,
Sirkles, DR.. q. Wythe Cooke.
Alexandria city-D. A. Windsor, Park Ag-
new, Robert Portner, +. A. Reed, and J. I.
Fairfax county--Wa,rington Gillingham
Nathan W. Pearson, Maj George johnson,
Walter Walton, and Stacey snowden.
OFFICERS.
HoS. JoHN B. sMooT, Mayor of Alexandria,
He's. HENsyA; WILLARD, Washington, D.
Hos. NJ. b. HARLOW, Alexandria, Va,
HON. +. W. Fox, NATIONAL RErupucAN.
Washington, d. O., Corresponding Secretary.
PERMANENT COMMITTEES.
On Charter, legislation, and peTmsnent
dler, J. f. Sickles, T. A. Reed, N. w, Pearson,
Stacey snowden, j. I. Beckham, and W.
70 On ! Right of Way and Permanent Location Of
Mount Vernon Xvenue-.Messrs +. r Wind.
sor, Park Agnew, L. w. Fox, W. E. Clarke,
Frank Hnme,, George Johnson, F. A. Reed,
On Ways. Means, and Finance-Measrs.
Frank Hume, w. NJ. Gait, DR.. G. Wythe Goose,
D. a. Windsor, Robert Portner, Harrison
Hatch, and w. Walton.
ssse FIRE FIRE. FIRE!
aSS - ---
If you want the CHEAPEST, CLEANEST,
ond MOST ECONOMICAL FUEL, buy Wash
ington Gas COmpapy's COKE.
JOHNSON BROTHERS.
au17-tf Sole Agents.
sSSgz HINTS AND HELPS-HOw TO OBJ.
w tain Claims. Pensions Patents, Public
Lands, Positions under Civil Service, Natl
Contracts, &C.; Invaluable to Lawyers, Claim
Agents, Claimants, and all others having bust
ness at the seat of government containing
Regulations and Rules of Practice in the
United States Courts and in the Departments
| Book of accurate information and valuable
| secret rules for marking examination papers
by the Civil Service Commission. By an Ex-
| pert. Price Sl.00. Agents wanted at every
postoflice in the United States and In Canada
| Address all orders to
PELHAM, REID & STEVENSON,
81 Corcoran Building, Washington. p. q.
For sale at Brentanos, on Pennsylvania
| avenue. au3-tf
National Republican., 1887-11-11


PIKE COMPANY.
Lots 81, SS, and 80. subdivision. 90
COUNTRY PROPERTY FOR SALE.
1876 acres, fine imps., at Travilah, short dis
ance from Rockville, Md.
1877 acres In Fairfax county, Va, on the Alex.
andria and Fredericksburg railroad, hand
somely improved,
small place. of one acre, improved, near
Bennipg's Station.
cnt road PaS and FnPbsl ana nne Vi o nne feN new
GeOTgetoWn,
National Republican., 1887-11-11
HPEnIAL RnrIOEa

R5Sss A PRELIMINARY MEETING TO PRE-
R-S pare the way for the general meeting, i'll
December next, Of the United states Branch OF
the Evangelical Alliance will be held in the
EVENING, NOV. IL, AT 1880 O'CLOCK. In.
teres,ing addresses will be made by VIM. e
Dodge, ESQ, president, and the Rev. Josiah
Strong, ID. D., secretary OF the Alliance. 1t
National Republican., 1887-11-11
SzEAHBozz LINES,

NIT, VERNON, MT VERNON
!Rk Mt. VERNON.
STEAMER w, ", CORCORAN
Leaves Tth-st, wharf daily Except sunday tor
mt VERNON,
At 10 O'clock a. m; returning reaches Wash
ington about $3.50 p, 10.
l. L. BIAkE OantAin.
National Republican., 1887-11-11

e.xsz HEADQUARTERS FOR sHoNINGER
w Upright Pianos, of New Haven: the best
medium priced pianos made. RB-Piano rent
ing specially. Good Octave Square Pianos
for sale, only 500, including stools and cloth
covers: on easy installments. THOMSON u Co.,
b2l 1lth st, nOvS-2w
National Republican., 1887-11-11

CT EO BRADBURY, NUNN & CLARK,
~ L SO Emerson, and other Pianos
slool and cover included,
JNO. Y, ELLIS Il CO.,
g37 Pa. ave. N. W., near 10th st.
National Republican., 1887-11-11
PERSONAL.

A SPECIAL FEATURE-OUR ALL-W0OL
IA Corkscrew Suits only e1l.
STRASBURGER & SON,
ocI7Lf Manufacturing Clothiers. 1ll2 f st.
TUsTH's OLD STAND IS THE ONLY PLACE
eb where first-class Second Hand Clothing
can be sold at respectable prices. Address or
call at 6l9 ID st. NV. seA-tf
National Republican., 1887-11-11
WAyrpD-EnPIoYmsrr.

XYvANTED-A YOUNG LADY, A FOR.
w eigner, teaching English branches,
frenoh, German, and music. desires position
as visiting teacher best references. Address
FOREIGNER 1.12
National Republican., 1887-11-11

cSse ACCOUNTANT SCOTCH CHAR
~ tered opens. closes, or keeps by con.
tract, sets ofbooks. Partnerships investigated.
Intricate accounts balanced.
ERIC NJ. NOBLE,
se2S-ws3m 1926 + street.
National Republican., 1887-11-11

E,oR sALE-BARGAIN-b PIANOS AND
IL ORGANS SLIGHTLY USED. Organs
down to s25, Pianos sos and upward. Don't
fail to examine my stock before buying.
oc29.lm L. G. SMITH, 1925 Pa. ave.
EOR sALE-SOME VERY ELIGIBLE
II building sites on Columbia Heights"
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
100 Much Brain work.

The suicide Of Lieut. Danenhower at An
riapolis the other day il believed by friends
lsere'to have been first suggested to his dis
'eased mind by the death Of his near friend,
Lieut. Robert W. Galewood, who committed
suicide on the Norfolk boat week ago. This
makes the fourth case in the last two years
where young naval academy graduates have
killed themselves. The other cases were those
of Cadet Schock, OF Pennsylvania, who OH
the eve OF graduation at the Royal college, in
Greenwich, England, shot himself, and Cadet
r. G. Ridder, who. blew his braips ont while
taking the prescribed two years course in the
United States steamer Swatafa- In IL few
more days Schock would have become an as
sistant naval constructor. Another instance
may be cited where an overworked brain
has been the immediate cause Of death in tina
Of young Smoak, of South Carolina. Slnoak
was a poor, fellow who worked OH a farr,
near Annapolis at SO month g pay his
entrance fee. He entered in May, did well
on the practice cruise, but was found deficient
in studies at the following semi-annual cx-
aninations. He had until June to make up
the deficiency, but brain fever set in and
death was the result. New York Sun.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
All About Calico.

Mrs Leon Owens says in her Travels in
India that "in the year 149s, just ten months
and two days after leaving the port Of Lis
bon, Nasco da CANA landed on the coast Of
Malabar at Calicut, or more properly Kale
Rhoda, City Of the Black Goddess Calicut
was at that period not only very ancient
seaport but an extensive territory, which,
stretching along the western coast Of southern
India, reached from Bombay and the adj
jacent islands to Cape Comorin. It was at an
early period so famous FIR its weaving and
dyeing Of cotton cloth that its name became
identified with the manufactured fabric,
whence the name calico. It is now generally
admitted that this ingenious art originated in
India in very remote ages, and from that
country found its way into Egypt. It was
not until toward the middle of the seven
teenth century that calico printing was intro
dnced into Europe. Kansas City Times.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
How Prentice Got H,s passes.

was an apprentice on the old Louis
vile Journal George y. Prentice was the
editor and Paul Shipman was the man of
all work. There were no city editors nor
managing editors in those days 1880.
James Guthrie, Of Kentucky, had been
secretary of the Federal treasury, and
probably learned lesson or two in econ
omy. When retired he came home to
Louisville and was elected president Of the
Louisville and Nashville Railway COM
pany. His first order was to prohibit all
passes except to employees. There was to
be joint discussion at Bowling Green be-
tween Lazarus W. Powell and Archibald
Dixon. MIR. Prentice told Shipman to 60
and report it, and wrote letter to Mr..
Guthrie for trip pass out and back
The request was refused. The next
morning the leading editorial paragraph
In The journal read as follows: Wanted
ANY man or woman who has a COM
plant against the Louisville and Nash
vile Railway company to write 1t out In
full for these columns. BY night that
day The Journal Office had q bushel Of
communications. The next morning Mr..
Prentice had me bundle them all up and
sent me to Mr.. Guthrie with the following
note: Hon. James Guthrie, president
L. and N. R'y: Herewith find divers and
sundry letters touching the management
Of your road. Send me three annual
passes in blank or III print every id
one Of them. The Journal does not ask
passes for what it prints, but for what It
suppresses. Yours, g. .. Pr carried
the bundle and the passes back.-PhOcion
Howard III Chicago News.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
DRIVING 7AaoveH TIE SKY.


! n Wondefful Mirage Seen I'm City -
describing q curious Illusion observed one
night last week IN Memphis, Tenn, writer
IN The Avalanche snys: I heard d noise as q
a Span OF horses were coming up the street
with some sort OF venicle i thought it WIS
q hack approaching, until I heard the ring of
bells, and then concluded that it must be q
street car, but upon looking at my watch i
saw that it was rather late for = car 70 be out
An Instant before had heard q rambling
noise as Ii train of cars were passing over
bridge, and when looked up i saw, about
fifty feet up in the air and appn: emily only
100 yards from rs. span Of horses with fash
ing tails and harness, and moving along at q
rapid pace The shapes OF the animals were
as clearly defined iii the atmosphere as IL one
had seen them hitched to vehicle on the
ground q The whole picture was there only
! an instant before it passed ont of sight, but
following the horses came street car, like
one Of those used on the Madison street lines
You could see the platforms and the ratings
around them The tongue of the car and the
traces connectingit with the horses in front
Of. il were also graphically portrayed, and the
windows and cone shaped roof were per-
fectIy represented.
The mirage was passing up Main toward
the north, and in that direction as it moved
along wecould hear distinctly the sounds Of
the horses hoofs on the cobble stones and the
rumble Of the wheels along the rails The
noise grew less and less distinct every mo-
.ment after the mysterious vehicle had passed
out Of sight, and at last, when all had quieted
down, we could hear nothing. The APP
partition was undoubtedly nothing but the
reflection of real street car, running along
neighboring street, upon the cloudso of dust
which filed the air.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07

GROWTH OF a BIG Book When Web
ster's Unabriged was first published in
one volume, It was comparatively
small book. Some years after an adj
dition was made of 1900 Pictorial illus
trations, A Table Of aynonyms, and an
Apperdix of New Words that had come
into use. A few years later came an en-
tirely new revised edition oflarger size,
with 5000 Pictorial illustrations. then,
after interval of a few years, a Biograph
ical Dictionary Of nearly 10000 Names
and a Supplement Of nearly 5000 New
Words were added, and there has come
a new and most valuable addition, A
Gazetteer Of the World, of over 1900
Titles. The work is now not only the
Dictionary. par excellence, but a Bio
graphical Dictionary, a Gazetteer ofthe
World, and great many other good
things in its many valuable Tables.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
The Mind Reading Bishop FAMILY. .

The wonderful performances Of Washing
ton Irving Bishop, the mind reader. have re-
called attention to the fact that Rev. James
NJ Bishop, Of Green township, has well
established reputation for his ability to locate
hidden streams Of water, and in his early life
was many times called upon to tell his less
highly endowed neighbors where wells should
be dug. It Is said that he never failed to give
the proper location and to tell how many feet
Of earth and how many of stone it would be
necessary to dig through. Rev. James N.
Bishop is Of the same family as the great
mind reader, all the Bishops on this continent
being descended from one branch ~ the
family. The Bishop family was originally
from the German states Of Europe Then q
portion Of the family emigrated TO France,
where they received the name Of L'Eyeque.
Going thence to England il was changeds to
Levick. The branch which settled I'm the
United States retained the name Bishop
Chambersburg Valley Spirit
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07

Al clever Danish Woman said to me one
day that she was ENGAGED at her Danish
club for that evening I asked some care
les Question in regard q the club, md
the reply was; 'soh, i is beautiful club.
I am the only uiember, 20 everything IS
managed 70 suit me. The truth Is, she
added, in burst Of confidence, II take
0Ae evening fortnight to read my native
literature. When said wanted to stay
e. home and read, nobody accepted the
excuse as valid. If say / am engaged at
mf Danish cltib, the plea IS always recog-
nized as valid, and : am let alone. -
Providence Journal.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
SATURDAY, MAY I, 1887.

"Old Tecumseh,n in reply
ing to General Wolseley's
article on Lee and Grant, init
mates pretty plainly that
Grant was the greatest sold
Ter Of the age, and Lee a great
" overrated West Point grad
uate. Itwas "old Tecumseh's'
privilege never to be pittied
against Lee, OF his judgement
might have been as mater
tally mod. Fl ID as was that of
Pope after Bull Run, Burn
side after Fredericksburg and
Hooker after Charlottesville.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07

Now that Canada has be
come aware that her inshore
fisheries have. no real value,
and that she has no privileges
to confer of which our fisher
men would care to avail them
selves, she has ungraciously
consented to allow American
fisherman the use of the fish
cries without any compensa-
ton. This about ends a
wretched diplomatic squabble
which had even threatened to
involve two great nations in
war. The fight is off, because
there is nothing worth fight
ing for, either way.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
GOOD Advice.

IVY son, laid the old man, lido you
remember what Polonius said Id his part
ing advice to Laertes- neither borrower
nor q lender be- y " s,ss
Yes, father, replied the young man
thoughtfnlly aand think Polonius was
just about half right z" New York Sun.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07

.r The great Lick telescope will not be 10
position until next September. VIII
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

a gentleman having 1<er cured Of
Nervous Prosttation. Seminal Weak
ness, Premature DecaT. and III the evil
effect OF early indiscfetion and youth
fnl folly, Is anxious to make Known 70
others the simple ihodeof cEic nIInr
To those who wish, and OLELrIUnE.
will give him their symptoms, he win
send lfreel by return mail, q copy Of the
recipe so successfully used In his case.
Address, in confidence, JAMES Nv.
PIEKNEY, ~ Cedar st., N. Z.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07
MARTINsBURG, w VA

Entered at the Post-ofice at Mar
tinsbnrg, West Va, as Second Class
Matter.
Martinsburg daily gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1887-1887, 1887-05-07

The DAILY EVENING GAZETTE
will be served by carriers or mailed to
subscribers in the; city at Id cents
per week, collectible every Saturday
evening or mailed to any address in
the United States at IS cents per month,
81 90 for three months, $I.oo for six
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ad0aHce.
Address all communications to
GAZETTE,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-05

We take pleasure in presenting
Mr.. James Andrews, of Alexandria,
to our patrons this week as can
didate for district attorney, subject
to the nomination of the Demo-
cratic convention. Mr.. Andrews
is well known as an able and Wig
orous member of the Alexandria
bar, and has in him all of the ele-
ments that go to make up a sue
cessful prosecuting attorney. His
urbanity and sociability has drawn
a good many personal friends to
him throughout the district, and
we doubt not that he will develop
formidable strength to any and all
rivals for the States attorneyship.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-05
An End to Bone Scraping.

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, H.,
says: Shaving received 50 much ben
eft from Electric Bitters, / feel it my
duty to let suffering humanity know it.
Have had running sore on my leg for
eight years; my doctor told me /
would have to have the bone scraped
or leg amputated. l nsed, instead,
three bottles Of Electric Bitters and
seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica Salve,
and my leg is now sound aud we'll"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents
a bottle, and BucklUn's Arnica Salve at
25c per box by C. c. Nash.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-05
I0FYIcIAL.J
LIST OF JURORS
Drawn to Serve ct the Term Of the District
Court to be Held on the 18th Day
Of November, A. D. 1887.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, J
PARISH or GRANT. 1

PARISH or GRANT.
Be IL known and remembered that we
the undersigned jury commissioners of the
parish of Grant, duly appointed aud quail
fed according to Law, met this day in the
clerks Office in the court house ut Colfax,
Grant parish, to draw . Jury to serve ct
the next term Of the District Court, to be
holden on the Third Tuesday Of November,
it being the 18th day Of November, 1877.
The clerk of the court, s. b. Shackel-
ford, then furnished the jury commission
ers with list of the jury who had served
ct the last term of the District Court,
when the jury commissioners, with the
assistance of the clerk of the court aud
ex-ofIiciO member of tho jury commits
sion, proceeded to open the general venire
box, and after revising the same By strik-
ing from the list aud taking from the box
all those who lad served as jurors ut the
last term of the court, removed from the
parish, died, etc then proceeded to re-
place like number of names in the gem
eral venire box. taken from the registra-
ton aud poll books Of said parrish, 80 -
to supplement the number Of names taken
from the general venire box to its original
number, three hundred. when Mr.. Z. H.
Teal drew from the general venire box, in
the presence of the undersigned commits
sioners. one at time, the following fifty
names to servo for the first week:
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-05

We regret to learn of the burn
ing Of Mr.. Narcisse Fredieu's fine
gin house on last Monday night.
There were about twenty bales of
cotton in and around the building,
which were all lost in the flames.
The burning is said to have un-
doubtedly been the work of an
incendiary.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-05
ESTRAY NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that there has
been estrayed before me, justice OF the
peace of the I'd ward, parish of Grant,
State of Louisiana, One Small Black Mare.
branded E T I'm The left hip, and appraised
at twenty dollars. The same will be sold
before the door of my Office, at public
anction, on Monday the l4th day of Nov,
1851, unless the owner comes forward,
proves property, and pays all legal charges
G. H. HARVILL,
Ada, La, Oct. Is, ~. J. p. I'd Ward.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-05
Notice Of Final Proof.
LAND OFFICE At NATcHurocHEs. La,
November 2, 1851.

Y
November 2, 1857.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has fled notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof viii be
made before the dirtrict Judge. or in his
absence the clerk Of district court. at
Colfax, Grant parish, La, OH Dec. 18th.
1887, viz: Homestead Entry No. 100,
James F. Holloway,
for the sonth half of north sast quarter
section 8, township 8 north. range 4 west,
Louisiana meridian.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his Continuous residence upon, aud
cultivation of, said land, viz: E. s. Bolton,
j. H Brumer, d. 8. OQnin, J. A. Killings
worth, all Of Montgomery P. o., La.
w. f. RUSSELL,
nov5-6t pr ~ Register.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1887-11-05

Messrs. Smith & Murphy desire
Ms to state that they have forty
Texas horses for sale, or they will
barter them for cattle. They are
good serviceable animals, from IA
to 16 hands high, and persons de-
string to buy horses can strike q
good trade by calling on them, at
Boyce or Paramount